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Do they do paternity testing while still pregnant! (URGENT)

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So, I'm 15 and me and my boyfriends families have a hard time getting along....he's in a group home becuase his dad is in prison and he don't have a mom. :( So, the group home and court system won't let him be there for the birth unless i get patnernity test done (DNA). and i really want him there, so he can experience the joy of holding his new born baby boy. I know many of you know it's releif once there in you arms, so please try and understand he does want to be there! and i need help finding some cheap paternity testing...my family is low income...so not alot of $. We found a place that'll do it for $900.00 but we can't afford that and i'm doing yard work for my neighbor at 30 weeks pregnant just trying to get the money, so please if you have any ideas or suggestions, please share they'll be very helpful!
Thank you, and God Bless!

I had a DNA test while I was pregnant. If you are having an amniocentesis for other reasons, they can collect the sample at the same time. If you have insurance, it will cover the collection of the baby's sample, but then you have to pay for the collection of your sample and the baby's sample. We paid $625 for ours since the insurance covered the amnio. It's much easier and less expensive to wait until the baby is born. I have my doubts about the accuracy of this anyway, since the test said that my BD was NOT the father, but the test we did after the baby was born confirmed that he was (I already knew that). Don't know if it was the method, or a lab error... but it was several hundred dollars down the drain, and many months of hell until the baby was born until I could prove that I wasn't lying.

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